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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-04-08, Page 34Page 18A Times -Advocate, April 8, 1987 Riddell likes early election Although he personally favors a week that it probably won't be held spring election, Huron -Middlesex until the fall. MPP Jack Riddell indicated this The Agriculture Minister was among the delegates to the Ontario Liberal annual meeting on the weekend when Premier David Peter- son alerted members to be ready for an election call "anytime". Riddell said he was one of those favoring a pre -summer election and suggested about half the Liberal cabinet was with him, with the other half favoring a fall vote. There was a strong sentiment among delegates that the party should live up to terms of the accord with the New Democrats which in- cludes an unequivocal promise not to call an election for two years after GRADUATES - Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Gingerich-wish-to-nn-_ nounce the graduation of their daughter Bonnie from Conestoga College Guelph who hos suc- cessfully passed her exams for her Diploma as a Registere7l Nurse. She is presently employed at Wellesley Hospital, Toronto in vascular surgery. taking office. That two years is up June 26, but to call an election then would put voting day at the end of the 37 -day campaign into late July. Summer elections are almost universally disliked because they in- terfere with vacations, find voters away from home and generally disinterested in politics. "The thing I am hearing is let the two years pass and go out with that kind of credibility and then have an election, but certainly not in the sum- mer," Riddell said at the convention. However, he cautioned that 'a fall election should be held at a time when it did not interfere with farm harvests. Zurich bowling scores Tuesday Nile \left's League K Tons Straits 686 31102 FA .Geo. Sweeney 745 340r2 1' Ron Crown 675 31:31 K Jack Fuller 778 3273 1313 K 1lonunersteeg 588 2766 13 Ron Meiling 615 2953 NT Doll Gifford 695 2824 U Jim 11•eigand 675 :3127 R Wayne Schilhe 576. _2681 11 \I Stokkerman 529 2545 N- Jim Smith 649 3(184 T t3rian Hoggarth 594 2174 - 11 •Elfresd::-.--Morning-Ladies.League Ros Rerends 661 - l•:dith Bowen 540 Vicki 11orbaniuk 601 Ina Browning 599 IIS Ros. l3erends 227 1IS 1na Browning 2:3:3 Wednesday Nile Ladies League 1)5 :llurdiena Glover 604 0(1437 KIRKTON/BOTTLE DRIVE - The Kirkton Scouting group held a suc- cessful b�ttle drive, Saturday. Shown with some of their collection are N ich, el and Tammy Richardson. T -A photo a 1 (;C Julie Recker 470 13 Joyce Hillman 602 (; Pat Redman 556 (;R Betty Datars 667 S Linda Webber 683 Thursday Nite Mixed League G Glenda Desjardine 513 13 John Jacobs 611 (' Bill Courtney 576 AT Pat Palen 655 _ D Doug Smith 67:3 Thursday Grand ('ove Ole-Oleksor 489 Theresa Day 604 Nancy Louch 602 Jim Girling 532 Ted Day 655 Kay Allen 518 IIS Theresa Day 289 IIS Ted 'Day 291 Thursday Golden Age High Doubles Ed Strachan 299 Marlene Bedard 527 Lloyd Radar :304 Gen. Anderson 312 HS Lloyd Radar 192 HS Lill. Restemayer 164 Announcement Ron Diechert, District Sales Manager for London Life, Stratford office would like to congratulate Larry J. Johns for qualifying for the 1987 Florida Leader Con- ference, held at the Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood Florida. Larry J. Johns Only About 10'.K of the sales for( e qualifies for this outstanding leaders conference. CLIP & RETURN completed Quiz to Municipal Office, by 5:00 p.m. April 16th. All correct forms will receive Town Pin, Name Address J 1t� clic 5'#'4 411 'ig COMSER6v • NO � •101, BURR EXETER MUN C PAL QU Z Local government officials believe that theirs is the most important, yet least u, iderstood level of government. To test how %\ell you know the workings of local government, we invite Exeter residents to take the following test. Elementary Students - First 10 Questions Secondary Students - First 20 Questions Adults All 30 Questions • _ ' ELEpAENTARY�.� 1. How many municipalities are there in Ontario? 6. In a municipal election, you mark your ballot with: n/ An r,X„ b) Your name , c) Your initials. a) 7 b) _ 839 e) . 1987 2. The minimum votingage in Ontario g municipal 4' elections is: ! a) 18 b) 13 / e) 50 7. Local government officials are elected for: a) Three years b) •Six months e) Whatever time it takes for the government to be defeated 3. Amayor Is: a) A type of horse b) The head of a municipal council c) A type of fireman 8. How do public utilities commissions get money to operate? a) Charging the user for the service b) Taxing residential property c) Grants from the province 4. A reeve is: a) The person who counts the votes after an election. 9. The total number of students in Ontario public and separate schools is about: a) 10 thousand b) 50 thousand c) 1.6 million b) Another name'for the chief of police c) ' The head of council in a township or village. - 10. Police protection for municipalities in Ontario is provided by: a) The municipality setting up its own police department b) The municipality paying a neighbouring community to provide protection c) The municipality asking the Ontario. Provincial Police to provide protection d) Any one of the above depending on the size and financial resources of the municipality 5. A ward is: a) A prize for getting the most votes in an election b) Another name'for the tax collector c) One of the areas a,community is divided into for voting purposes 11. A returning officer is: SECONDARY a) A re-elected councillor b) Someone running for the second term of office c) The person responsible for overseeing an election 16. Ontario Hydro grew out of a meeting to consider hydro -electric power in Ontario in: a) 1867 b) 1944 c) 1902 12. What is the largest municipality in Ontario? a) The Golden Horseshoe b) Metropolitan Toronto c) • London . 1-7. How many boards of education are there in Ontario? - a) 11 b) 186 c) 1,000 13. What is the smallest Ontario municipality. a) Wawa b) Lilliput c) Cockburn Island Township 18. To run for municipal office in Ontario, how many voter&' signatures must you have on your nomination papers? ' a) 100 b) 10 c) 2 -s 14. Which of the following services does NOT come under municipal jurisdiction? a) Garbage collection b) OIIIP c) Fire protection 19. Approxi'tnateiy how many households are there In Ontario? - a) 3 1/2 million b) 4,000 c) 25 million ' 15. How many separate pieces of provincial legislation are there in Ontario regulating municipalites? r a) 156 b) None c) 10,000 ADULTS 20. Where does the'money come from to pay for local government services? a) User fees c) Provincial. grants b) Property taxes d) All of the above 21. Townships, villages and towns comprise what percentage of all municipalities in Ontario? a) 12% -b) 33% c) 90% 26. In 1849, in order to vote in an electi in an Ontario city, you had to hold propertyw a) 50 pounds b) 81,000 c) ;10,000: 22. Theikighest municipal expenditure, at an average of 24 per cent, goes for: a) Transportation b) Recreation c) Administration 27. In what year did married women become eligible to vote in municipal elections? a) 1793 b) 1849 . c) 1917 23. The ratio of operating costs to capital costs in a typical Ontario municipality is: 28. How many Ontario municipalities have a population of less than 5,000? - a) About 600 b) Fewer than 50 c) More than 800 a) 50%/50% b) 80%/20% c) 10%/90% 24. User fees are collected by municipalities for: a) lee rentals at community arenas b) Pares on the municipal transit system c) Both of the above 29. About how many permanent, fulltime employees work for municipalities across the province? a) 500,000 b) 105,000 0) - 2,000 25. The combined local government expenditures in Ontario this year are expected to be in the range of: ••Ontario? a) 850 million . b) 81 trillion c) 818 billion 30. What is the primary difference between a municipal council and other local bodies in a) Municipal counefllors get'paid b) • No other local bodies are elected e) Only councils can legislate and make laws Bo Sure En r v